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Online Learning for the Gifted

There are millions of American students facing a variety of
barriers that isolate them from receiving a quality education. Our urban
students may live in the shadows of great education and economic institutions,
but far too many still attend high schools where graduation is not the norm.
Rural students may have to travel fifty miles across a mountain to visit a
museum or other off-site learning experiences. Perhaps a suburban student has a
particular course of study that her school is simply not able to meet. Or the
limited availability of qualified Chinese instructors restricts motivated
students from studying one of the world's newly dominant languages.

Although it is impossible to get high-performing content
teachers into every classroom, online learning programs can unite high-quality
content and instruction with a teacher in the classroom who effectively guides
the students. World-class education can come literally from anywhere in the
world and be blended with effective pedagogy.

Online courses can help students work around issues such as
inadequate schools, family situations, poverty, and limited course offerings.
These classes can be accessed any time of day, making them available when it
fits into the student's schedule.

The classes can be taken exclusively by attending a virtual
school, as a supplement to traditional school, or in partnership with a
real-time teacher in a traditional school. The possibilities are limitless.

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I am the author of Raising a Gifted Child: A Parenting Success Handbook and former author of the popular Prufrock's Gifted Child Information Blog.
I continue to offer the best strategies and resources for parents and teachers of gifted young people.
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